tv [untitled] May 17, 2012 2:00am-2:30am PDT
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-- the emergency orders were part of an area with the security zone. this is part of the access to the land. this is to transfer the ownership of the land. this highlights the apartheid nature of israel. and they make a stand against the apartheid in south africa. he must end their relations with them, and -- >> the next speaker? >> can you please continue to slide show. i am here to commemorate may
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15, 1948, which in palestinian history, is the catastrophe. i would like to bring the attention of the -- the israeli government as a way to move the palestinian government from their homeland. nearly 800,000 palestinians were uprooted across the world. 532 settle its -- settlements -- they began demolishing the homes of palestinian refugees to prevent the return. more than 125,000 homes were destroyed. israel destroyed thousands of homes throughout the west bank, as well as the refugee camps in jericho and the gaza strip. 18,000 homes have been destroyed in occupied palestinian territory, with 12,000 outstanding orders in
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galilee, to date. they use this as a means to harass and demoralize and confiscate palestinian land. the process of demolishing homes and the basic infrastructure continues to shatter ended. the living conditions of the entire palestinian communities. on march 6, 2012, a village had its residential structures destroyed for the 38 time by israeli bulldozer. they have been clearing land to make way for a forest. the residents now live in a cemetery. i want to spread news on what is happening in palestine. thank you. >> the next speaker?
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>> mancow have the slide show? i am the professor at san francisco university. anyone who watches the news knows that this is the 77th day of a hunger strike. we were joined by 2500 other -- this is a cool practice of coal -- holding prisoners, for six months without charges. with the british colonialism, this has been condemned by the human-rights community. moving to the territories -- this is prohibited, this is at the time mindful of the location to another.
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notwithstanding the recent deal, that may end the hunger strike, israel continues to compass -- to torture, physically and psychologically -- every palestinian family has been touched by incarceration. they ask about the conditions in the jails of the palestinian prisoners. this would have been natural, for the prisoner population in the u.s. and california. and for the crimes against humanity. will they no longer continue the oppression of the palestinian people? and will they heed the call of martin luther king. and there is the complicity, were silence equals death.
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>> the next speaker? >> i am entering my fourth year, studying international relations. i will talk about the apartheid wall. this is part of a strategy that separates palestinians from other palestinians. this is a heinous symbol. the forced population transfer. there is the humiliation of an entire people and cold-blooded murder. it makes the apartheid possible, so the legal settlements can be built. the nonviolent activists are killed by israel. and the israeli navy on the
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fourth side, treating a blockade to prevent basic human rights. some are demolished to make room for the wall. this is enclosed encircled by the wall. this -- delays work and this delays the checkpoints every day. this is illegal under the own supreme court of israel, which calls for this to be rerouted but it continues to expand. it makes peace negotiations impossible. it will exit 2% of the west bank and is three times longer than the berlin wall. our money pays for this. we support the israeli apartheid regime.
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they are advancing human rights, -- >> the next speaker? >> the board of supervisors, i was born and raised in san francisco. this is the 64th anniversary of the palestinians being forced out of their homelands. in previous years you have other struggles, they have dealt with. you have issues relating to human rights. you have south africa and civil rights. there were people arguing for
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reasons for slavery. they are trying not to allow gays and lesbians have equal rights. we're here to present ourselves. i am asking for them to be recognized. the right of returns, my parents were forced out of palestine. we were not allowed to return to our homelands. this goes against the nine state resolutions. this is to protect the society. in the united states, we recognize israel as a country almost immediately. and this allows for palestinians to be forced out of their homeland. they have a lot of -- this is
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for anyone in the united states. with the right to have land. what i am here to let you know about, when you look back to other people's struggles, you have to look into this as well. >> can we also played the side show? i have been in city hall of lot lately, working around the san francisco civil rights ordinance. i want to talk about hypocrisy that is going on. i have a lot of faith in the san francisco government. as we recognize small business month, i want to know that my grandmother is turning 90 next month.
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they have the same -- to have a small business since 1967. i consider myself an activist, in making this better. this of autocracy exists. we have this bill in the place of the arab villages. geography books no longer exist. not only did they not exist, they are not there. in the place of -- [unintelligible]
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there is not one single place in this country that has not been built on the arab population. they destroyed villages and massacred the population. the supervisors who visited their as elected officials are effectively supporting the apartheid regime. and i feel ashamed, and i want to share that with you. >> the next speaker. >> good afternoon. as all of come before me to testify that today marks the 64th anniversary of the palestinian catastrophe, i want to speak about palestinians as refugees. in 1948 when the city of israel was established, palestinians became the largest and longest lasting refugee population. they constitute 4.5 million in
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refugees inside the camps and surrounding arab countries, 19 in the west bank and 12 in lebanon. six in the gaza strip. these refugee camps, to live in a concrete refugee camp, if you could replay the slide show, these are issues of 1948, they are now turned into five or six or seven story refugee camps where palestinians living in constant poverty. as a people who are waiting to return to their homeland and are denied. the rest of us are palestinians in exile, prohibited from return. we market 64 years of ethnic cleansing. the first way that they were able to get off the land was by massacres, and by rape, and
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threats of that and massacres, and military force as supplied by the british. i wonder for the supervisors who went to israel, if you wonder what came before 532 villages were destroyed, and to planted those trees, and to is rightfully missing from that country, when you walked around and you were painted a completely different portrait of what is real this. there are many people waiting for a return to their homeland, and we are not there because we are in exile. >> the next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i have made comments in the past. i have heard 12 speakers talk about the rights of palestinians, and a nation of israel. i like ask who guarantees the
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birthright of israel and palestinians? i have a number of decreed changing names, with the name jesus christ permanently marked on top of that. on a number of occasions, just recently, i was creating an application -- that the library, ucsf medical center. 12 apostles, myself included, have worked in san francisco to promote ideas and a vision of justice for the community in san francisco. gay men and lesbian women, and then married men and unmarried men and women. we have lost jobs, our ideas
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have been taken from us. we're in a serious position, asking ourselves of san francisco can survive. i went to school at uc berkeley, and after that, contract hiv because of a marriage by marshall led to me being pointed out as an uncircumcised mail, and therefore, was made hiv- positive. as a result of that, i was unable to pass the bar exam. >> is there any other member of the public who wishes to speak. this includes -- this concludes public comment. can you please call the special order for the recommendation? >> it is time to honor the
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heroes of the economy, with the recognition of small business week. >> as was noted, this marks the celebration of saluting of the heroes of their economy. it is our honor to turn over the floor to the supervisor for district 1, supervisor eric mar. supervisor mar: it is great to be here with some members to honor our small businesses. we have the richmond district, and the honorees today, are a small little restaurant on 12th avenue. tayshaun's carfe in -- cafe in the richmand district, owned by mr. lu. i would like to talk about why
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this is such a great restaurant. my father was born here and the city -- a huge portion of the population of san francisco comes from this area. the restaurant -- it has dishes from the province in southern china. definitely southern chinese cuisine. half of the local san francisco cantonese population come from this area, including my father's side. it is 1125 on 12th avenue on clement street. he opwnepened it in 2006, with great reviews from the mainstream and chinese community. anyone who is from there knows
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the dishes are cooked in teh same -- the same way from china, with the best local ingredients. tehir besheir best dish is yelll over rice. it is roughly -- the version of the teriaki eel over rice. another all-time favorite includes the egg over rice. serchinese sausage, proork and duck over rice. rice in clay pots. they have an outstanding cantonese cuisine, but show how diverse chinese cuisine is in our city and in china. it shows how the richmond
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district has a wealth of great businesses, and how clement is the new chinatown. a vital, unique place in our city. i wanted oto say, many small businesses are threatened by driveby disability lawsuits. it is a pleasure tow ork with mr. lu. i know jane is here, who helped out, to support small businesses. with the threats -- and i would like to thank the office of small business to bring this forward. if you would like to share a few comments. >> thank you.
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thank you, everybody. as a small business working in san francisco, -- for all of the material -- also, our food still stays the same. i would like to ask the supervisors, especially for the handicapped issue. and some ways that the restaurant is quite different, the update -- if you have to do that, so you can see, this is
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very busy. i would like to ask all the supervisors dto help the small businesses. thank you. [applause] president chiu: thank you, supervisor mar. i want to take a moment, i know it is a crowded chamber, we have an appeal that will happen at the end of this particular ceremony. it will last another 40 minutes or so. there is an overflow room in 263.
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i want to welcome all of you here to the celebration. i am pleased to be part of the third annual ceremony to recognize our cities small- business this. -- businesses. i have worked with many of the small business leaders to recognize those businesses that are an integral part of our city. this is a ceremony that serves as recognition for the businesses here today and for the 85,000 other small start up businesses in san francisco. i want to join my colleagues and the mayor to recognize those businesses that standout in our district. i would like to invite the vice- president at the small business commission. to say a few words on behalf of the office of small business and a small business commission. -- the small business commission. >> thank you, president chiu. vice president of the small
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business commission. perhaps not quite on cue, but better late than never. small business is the lifeblood of the city's economy. i would like to share important facts with you. did you know that small business employs 50% of all employees in san francisco? small business contributes approximately 52% of total sales taxes paid by businesses and san francisco. 99% of registered businesses in san francisco are small businesses,-nonprofits, the government, insurance companies, banks, and other financial institutions. small-businesses contribute to the vitality and of the backbone of our commercial corridors.
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although there are only 13 small businesses recognized today, this ceremony celebrate every small business in the city. i would like to share a couple of words with you regarding the small business assistance center. the small-business assistance center provides direct services to clients do one-on-one assistance, navigation to city, state, permitting requirements, referrals to various small business resources including loans, workshops, training, technical assistance. the small business assistance center served over 2418 clients in the year 2011. including pre-start-ups, start- ups, existing, expanding, relocating, and business acquisitions. the office of each supervisor continues to refer clients to our office and staff.
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a little worried about the small business commission. -- a little word about the small business commission. the commission made recommendations to use the board of supervisors. the commission also heard 30 policy matters in 2011. the commission would like to thank the board of supervisors for taking the commission's comments under advisement and in many cases, accepting the recommendations. our commission works hard to consider the impact of legislation will have on small businesses and we think this board for collaborating with us. -- thank this board for collaborating with us. the commission would also like to thank the various departments for their collaboration.
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we are improving the business climate and reputation for doing business with the city. it takes the entire city family to make this happen. thank you to a wonderful group of honor raised and congratulations to all that are being recognized -- honorees and congratulations to all those been recognized today. president chiu: i want to take k moment to thank the office of small business for your -- take a moment to thank the office of small business. why don't we go to our next supervisor from district to? supervisor farrell: let me echo your comments. small business is the heart and soul of the neighborhood. i am honored to recognize a
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small business that has been operating in my district for over 25 years. it is the most widely known small-business in district 2. the marina times. with us today is the owner of the marina times. i believe the publisher is here. a number of directors as well. i would ask all of you -- a number of the writers as well. i would ask all of you to come up to the microphone. colleagues, members of the public, "the marina times" has been a community newspaper for over 26 years. it has a 40 riders on staff,
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circulates about 30,000 -- writers on staff, a circular to about 30,000, reaches people through a robust website. it really has in the investigative and public event journal of the marina for a number of years. it has evolved into a beloved, informative newspaper it has chronicled the san francisco news for decades. we have the honor and has been for a number of -- owner and has been for a number of years. she has been the editor in chief since 2006. she worked in creative services at apple. really takes the time to get to note the stories she writes about, the restaurant she writes about, including many chronicles
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of our beloved dog. we also have the publisher of "the marina times." i see so many other writers. my wife is also a wroter. -- writer. susan and to all the writers, i want to say, on behalf of the board of supervisors, and on behalf of myself personally, thank you for being such a great small business and san francisco. the role
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